Improvement of Jhum with Crop Model and Carbon Sequestration Techniques to Mitigate Climate Change in

Slash and burn cultivation (jhum) is the most disadvantageous method of cultivation in the Eastern Himalayan Region. This practice causes soil, nutrient, water erosion and biodiversity loss. Therefore, alternate conservation practice is required urgently. Field experiment was conducted at two villages viz., Digbak and Belo with two sites at each village on Dumporijo circle district Daporijo, Arunachal Pradesh during 2008 to 2010. The experiment was laid out in such a way that farmers practice was considered as control (T1); T2: T1 + Mulching with crop residues; T3: Improved crop management (includes plant population, application of manure and fertilizer, pesticides, weed management, hedge row incorporation); T4: T3 + mulching with crop residues. T